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Pompey the Great
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庞培

龐培
Pángpéi
proper noun #78,447

Meanings

  1. 1 Pompey (Roman general)
  2. 2 Pompeii (Roman city near Naples), more often written 庞贝

About Pompey

106–48 BC · 军事家 military leader

Roman general known as Pompey the Great. He won wars across the East and shared power with 凯撒 (Julius Caesar), then lost the civil war against him and was killed in Egypt.

Examples

HSK 7-9
Pángpéi gǔchéng bèi huǒshān huī máimò le jìn liǎngqiānnián.
The ancient city of Pompeii was buried under volcanic ash for nearly two thousand years.
HSK 7-9
Pángpéi hé Kǎisǎ céng shì zhèngzhì méngyǒu, hòulái fǎnmù-chéngchóu.
Pompey and Caesar were once political allies, but later turned against each other.

Tips

history
In 60 BC he, 凯撒 and 克拉苏 (Crassus) formed the First Triumvirate, in Chinese 前三头同盟, 'the earlier three-head alliance'. The later pact of Octavian, Antony and Lepidus is the 后三头同盟.

In Pop Culture

庞培古城 Pángpéi gǔchéng
ancient Pompeii
Roman city preserved under volcanic ash, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and major tourist attraction in Italy

Stroke Order

庞 páng
培 péi